A woman was left 'hysterical' after discovering a South American marmoset monkey in her conservatory at her home - in Wolverhampton. Animal rescuers were called by the "distressed" homeowner who reported finding a "strange wild animal with a bushy tail" leaping about her property.
Volunteer Gemma Warner said: "We had a call from this woman who was in quite a distressed state and a bit hysterical saying she had a wild animal in her conservatory. We asked her to describe it so we knew what we might be dealing with and she just said it was small with a bushy tail. "We're more used to dealing with domestic pets and farmyard animals like dogs, cats and horses so it was certainly a shock to discover a monkey. It's lucky we found him because the cold would have killed him if he'd been left on the streets of Wolverhampton.Gemma said Marcel liked to sit on volunteers’ laps and groom their hair “in order to make friends” and they had all been won over by the "lovely little chap.
Gemma said they are now considering where Marcel can live in the longer term and are ideally trying to find another centre that would be well-suited for him. Wings and Paws, which is based in Wolverhampton but covers the whole of the West Midlands, has tried to find Marcel’s owners but no one has come forward.
Marmosets are mainly found in the tropical rainforests of South America, with a few populations in Central America. They mostly eat sap and gum from trees, but they also eat the leaves, fruit, seeds and flowers, as well as insects, snails, lizards, frogs and baby birds.
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